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Wolfson named to Federation partnership post

February 17, 2015

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The Jewish Federation of San Diego County has appointed Heather Wolfson as Senior Director of Community Partnerships. She will work closely with the CEO, Board of Directors, partners and Federation staff to implement mission-driven initiatives in three strategic areas: “building a vibrant and long-lasting Jewish community for future generations, broadening and […]

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San Diego County

Two movies profile champions of justice

February 17, 2015

By David Strom LA JOLLA, California — Congratulations to the San Diego Jewish Film Festival for the success of its 25th anniversary presentations. On the final day of the Festival, February 15, 2015 I was privileged to view two excellent films that were unified by a common theme, as expressed in Deuteronomy 16:20 “Justice, justice,

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Travel and Food

Trivia dominates Israel’s political season

February 17, 2015

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — One in five Israelis are still undecided about for whom to vote in the March 17 elections. All the parties are after them. Prime Minister Netanyahu’s visit to Washington two weeks before the elections is ostensibly about saving Israel from a nuclear Iran by persuading the Americans not to

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Middle East

U.S. increases aid to Syrian refugees

February 17, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Increasing its commitment to help those affected by the crisis in Syria, the United States is providing an additional $125 million in humanitarian assistance to the UN World Food Program (WFP), which feeds nearly six million Syrians and refugees from Syria every month. The announcement was made Tuesday, Feb. 17, by Kelly Clements,

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Middle East, USA

Gold hoard found off coast of Caesarea

February 17, 2015

By Yotam Rozenwald JERUSALEM (Press Release)–The largest hoard of gold coins ever discovered in Israel was found in recent weeks on the seabed in the ancient port of Caesarea. The treasure was discovered by a group of divers which reported their findings to Israel’s Antiquities Authority. Tazpit News Agency spoke to Zvika Fayer, one of

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Terror survivor dies at age 5

February 17, 2015

By Yotam Rozenwald JERUSALEM (Tazpit)–Adele Biton, a five year old victim who was seriously wounded in a 2013 rock throwing terror attack, died Tuesday, Feb. 17. Adele’s sustained a critical head injury on March 2013, near the city of Ariel. A group of Palestinians threw rocks at her family’s car which made it smash into a

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Middle East

Bibi: Open to hearing those opposed to his speech

February 17, 2015

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, Feb. 17, at his Jerusalem office, met with US Reps. Robert Pittenger (R-North Carolina) and US Rep. Dennis A. Ross (R-Florida) and told them at the start of their meeting: “The American-Israeli alliance is a powerful one. It’s based on common values, common interests.

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Middle East, USA

Nazi faces 170K counts of accessory to murder

February 17, 2015

DETMOLD, Germany (WJC) — A 93-year-old man has been charged with 170,000 counts of accessory to murder on allegations he served as an SS guard at the Nazis’ Auschwitz death camp in occupied Poland. The defendant, whose name wasn’t disclosed in line with privacy laws, allegedly served in Auschwitz from January 1942 to June 1944, the

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International

Study of voles probes how leaders emerge

February 17, 2015

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — Who takes charge during a disaster or at an accident scene? The question has intrigued sociologists since Gustave Le Bon first studied “herd behavior” in nineteenth-century France. The question of an individual’s influence over the activity of a collective has perplexed researchers, in countless studies of this behavior, ever since. Now

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Jewish news briefs: February 17, 2015

February 17, 2015

Report: Palestinians behind cyber-attacks against Israel (JNS.org) Gaza-based Palestinian hackers are among those likely behind a spate of cyber-attacks against Israel carried out over the last two years, according to a new report by the global security software company Trend Micro. The report, titled “Operation Arid Viper: Bypassing the Iron Dome,” was written in partnership

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Middle East

SWU Anti BDS Conference

February 17, 2015

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Travel and Food

The Jewish comedians: Robert Schimmel

February 16, 2015

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Travel and Food

Did Netanyahu spike a Peres- Abbas deal?

February 16, 2015

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — We’re into another round of charges that the Israeli right worked to squash a deal that had been possible with the Palestinians. The last big campaign was the Geneva Initiative, still somewhat alive, and perhaps associated with the latest effort. This one appears in a headline of the Internet newspaper The

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

The Wandering Review: ‘Next to Her’

February 16, 2015

By Laurie Baron LA JOLLA, California — Films about physically or mentally disabled characters typically trace how they overcome their handicaps as in The Miracle Worker and My Left Foot or how their caregivers grow emotionally from assuming this nurturing role as in Marvin’s Room and Rain Man. Director Asaf Karman’s unsettling debut feature film

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Travel and Food

Wolfson named to Federation partnership post

Two movies profile champions of justice

Trivia dominates Israel’s political season

U.S. increases aid to Syrian refugees

Gold hoard found off coast of Caesarea

Terror survivor dies at age 5

Bibi: Open to hearing those opposed to his speech

Nazi faces 170K counts of accessory to murder

Study of voles probes how leaders emerge

Jewish news briefs: February 17, 2015

SWU Anti BDS Conference

The Jewish comedians: Robert Schimmel

Did Netanyahu spike a Peres- Abbas deal?

The Wandering Review: ‘Next to Her’

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